Fear Factory's Bus Catches Fire

The members of metal band Fear Factory narrowly escaped certain death when their bus caught fire on Thursday morning, according to Blabbermouth.com. After playing a show in Sheffield, during their tour of England, the band were traveling to London when the bus driver noticed smoke coming from one of the back wheels.

According to Dino Cazares, the driver "stopped, jumped out and noticed a flame underneath the wheel well. He tried to extinguish it, but the flames were too much.

"Everyone was woken up by one of our crew yelling get everyone up and out of the bus," Cazares said. "Everyone grabbed [their] bags and ran off the bus. We stood on the side of the freeway going, ‘Thank God we all made it out’ until someone noticed our merchandise guy was still asleep on the bus so our good friend ran back on the smoke-filled bus and got him out just minutes before the bus was completely in flames."

The bus was engulfed in about 20 minutes, he said. The band’s trailer, containing all their gear, was saved, but everything on the bus is gone.

"Some of us lost wallets, money, computers etc.," Cazares said. "But that’s not important compared to our lives."

Fear Factory are on a tour of the U.K. to support their new album, Mechanize.

Thanks for the report to Bryan Wawzenek, Gibson.com

Comments

[Thedarkchild]

Wow..glad they survived!

[not_dead_enough]

Haha can we call it the 'Fear Factory bus' or do we have to wait til after the lawsuit?

Seriously, glad they survived and that everybody is okay.

[Fazzeh]

Holy crap :o

[RUIN717]

great to hear everyone made it out alive =) we've lost enough metal musicians to buses...

[flairstar8]

Thank goodness they're alright

[Eskil Rask]

holy shit.

[thrashmonkey]

Great to hear that everyone's alright.

[slipknotnskullz]

RUIN717 wrote:

great to hear everyone made it out alive =) we've lost enough metal musicians to buses...

I actually never thought of that, but its true :P

[gnfnrs]

Thats ****ed up glad no one was hurt

[Thienskater]

i'm glad to hear that no one was hurt

[j_taylor]

Well damn, that would certainly ruin your night. Crazy stuff, glad they are alright.

[starsky133]

i just saw these guys in america a week ago, i'm so glad they made it out ok

[death punch]

i just wish dino's eight string pice of shot was still on the bus.

[Skullshredda]

not rly a fan but i`m glad they're all ok

[angusfan16]

Holy shit, that must have been scary. I'm glad they made it out unharmed.

[Jon777]

Oh shit.

[tume]

Nice flames,im glad that they survived.

[Metallica Fan21]

Those are quite the flames haha

[travislausch]

Must have been a Gremlin. Goddamn Gremlins!

[KataklysmDeth]

death punch wrote:

i just wish dino's eight string pice of shot was still on the bus.

whats wrong with 8 strings....

[[x]Huffy[x]]

Dino was using the cooker, presumably.

[lukas1324]

hahaha. the merch guy was still sleeping xD i can see that happening "wheres the merch guy? *everyone looks at bus* OMFG!!"

[heinrick]

It seems that Tour busses still have a deep "seated" hatred for metal musicians. heh.. But seriously

[sXe170]

Thanks the second bus incident that they have had this tour.

First was their driver fell asleep at the wheel and almost crashed them.

[OmerT]

The exact same thing happened to my class in the 4th grade... The bus started to catch on fire but all the kids got out in time... some got a few burns... (The road in the video looks kinda the same, next to a big field)...

[4stringedMetal]

good to see they are okay!

[chocolateTeddy]

thankfulyl they were ok but that looks liek an act of god to me wherever they were headed it seems like they didn't need to be there. that or a crazy fan caught afire sneaking onto the bus (i am sooo going to hell for that)

[Anarchy_Ant]

chocolateTeddy wrote:

thankfulyl they were ok but that looks liek an act of god to me wherever they were headed it seems like they didn't need to be there. that or a crazy fan caught afire sneaking onto the bus (i am sooo going to hell for that)

Yes, God tried to kill them in order to stop them from heading to their next tour destination.

That, or it was a fault with the bus. Wonder which situation is more likely

[Mad-Season]

Glad everyone's ok, especially the Merch guy. No band is complete without their Merch guy.

[jorge-fg]

Imagine all the alcohol on board...

[espChris93]

quote]KataklysmDeth wrote:

death punch wrote:

i just wish dino's eight string pice of shot was still on the bus.


whats wrong with 8 strings....[/quote]

Nothing at all.... unless Dino is using one, then it turns into a game of "how fast can I play the lowest registering note on a guitar and call it music" instead of utilizing the tonal range that the added strings give a player.

[Dumpster510]

Dam that sucks.

[chrtes]

That would have ruined a huge chunk of my life, glad they are ok.

[SOADriff]

travislausch wrote:

Must have been a Gremlin. Goddamn Gremlins!

simpsons reference? haha.

[Knucklehead Dyl]

That's a HUGE fire. Glad nobody was hurt

[slaveskinJACKET]

SOADriff wrote:

travislausch wrote:

Must have been a Gremlin. Goddamn Gremlins!
simpsons reference? haha.

The Simpsons' gremlin on the school bus was a parody of the airplane story on The Twilight Zone movie, which had a gremlin tearing the plane apart.

[JesusLives]

I like how on the video, all the cars are just driving by like it's no big deal.

[im not mental]

jeez, that fire is enormous! everyone is really lucky to have gotten out ok

[CarbonDeath]

Im glad for the trailer of equipment.....

and the band.

[Gord@k]

I dream of te day when we will se an end to the war between metal musicians and buses, we've lost many great men.

[Sir-Shredalot]

Were they touring with In Flames?

[OldEscape]

KataklysmDeth wrote:

death punch wrote:

i just wish dino's eight string pice of shot was still on the bus.

whats wrong with 8 strings....

I think someone's a little envious of his Ibanez, haha!

[Archetype00]

chocolateTeddy wrote:

thankfulyl they were ok but that looks liek an act of god to me wherever they were headed it seems like they didn't need to be there. that or a crazy fan caught afire sneaking onto the bus (i am sooo going to hell for that)

this... act.. of.. GODDD!!!!!


but seriously, extremely happy they got out in time. i missed fear factory when they came thru town, i woulda been pissed if one of them died and i was kicking myself in the ass like when dime got shot.

[TheOpenMind]

I'm sure Wolbers is behind this...

[FooCards]

not_dead_enough wrote:

Haha can we call it the 'Fear Factory bus' or do we have to wait til after the lawsuit?

Seriously, glad they survived and that everybody is okay.

Hahaha that was awesome.

[Sadokun]

Glad they all got out alright and that there gear is still okay.

Although, you got to admit, the merch guy bit was quite funny lol

[thehandthatfeed]

Sir-Shredalot wrote:

Were they touring with In Flames?

bad joke

[con job]

Wow, glad to hear the guys are alright. Sounds like a close call.

[Adam124]

We stood on the side of the freeway going, ‘Thank God we all made it out’ until someone noticed our merchandise guy was still asleep on the bus

lolz ensued.

[SkyValley]

It's ok, they'll just build a new one at their Factory.

[MylesPetro]

Would have sucked if their gear was lost.

[SpiritThief]

I wounder if they got any good pics. Future album covers.

[JimBonJovi]

Maybe everyone except Burton C Bell, lost some weight running off the bus...? Glad they are safe though.

[godberry]

SkyValley wrote:

It's ok, they'll just build a new one at their Factory.

HAHAHA! thanks for the laugh!

[eetfuk58]

tis a real shame to loose a bus/stuff
BUT
it makes for nice metal story to tell post-fact.

[.:!j.man!:.]

Forget the band. The driver should of just hopped his ass out and legged it up the highway.

[Tool1986]

The truth is that Dino wanted a little snack so tried to stuff 50 frozen burritos in the microwave. The burritos did not survive.

[deafening]

thats pretty metal for some old folk

[guitarsftw]

Tool1986 wrote:

The truth is that Dino wanted a little snack so tried to stuff 50 frozen burritos in the microwave. The burritos did not survive.

(to the tune of "We Didn't Start the Fire") Dino started the fire!

/Office reference.

Glad that they're OK, that could have ended up waaaaay worse than it did.

[Surf_Nicaragua]

i swear if Gene died, my life would be over

[Thr3Elevenstyle]

oh no! now when will i be able to watch people eat maggots and cow dicks?

and what will become of joe rogan?

wait.. we are talking about the tv show right? no?

oh.. never heard of the band.

[ibrahimasood]

Im not a huge fan of the band, but so glad they are all alright.

[AU79 XY]

Thank god Joe was alright, he's the only good commentator on UFC.

[Darth Burek]

that.is.metal.

[Disturbed_EMG]

Darth Burek wrote:

that.is.metal.

Hahaha

[Lemoninfluence]

checked.

[Mainer]

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Skullshredda wrote:

not rly a fan but i`m glad they're all ok

same here

[Mainer]

also...this video? new music video footage perhaps? lol

[Alpha_Wolf]

Sir-Shredalot wrote:

Were they touring with In Flames?

hah.

[NickGiovanni]

Good, They suck, they deserved it

I just flamed them, yes, and that was a pun; get pwned

[TomusAM]

Good thing no one was hurt.

[mulletman619]

NickGiovanni wrote:

Good, They suck, they deserved it

I just flamed them, yes, and that was a pun; get pwned

that sounded like a thing only a green day fan would say, and glad there all ok.

[Kämpfer]

Thr3Elevenstyle wrote:

oh no! now when will i be able to watch people eat maggots and cow dicks?

and what will become of joe rogan?

wait.. we are talking about the tv show right? no?

oh.. never heard of the band.

That is Fear Factor. Not Fear Factory.

[Sly Taco]

Dino was doin some late night cookin

[edge_gein]

survivalists!

[HigherThanAMile]

Glad to hear the band is all right.

Too bad about the bus.

Hopefully, they can get a 'Replica'.

[syke5]

RUIN717 wrote:

great to hear everyone made it out alive =) we've lost enough metal musicians to buses...

god damn metallica driver. RIP Cliff

[Kornholic]

Does it have anything to do with the fact that Dino Cazares is morbidly obese...

[AXE187]

hah they almost forgot the lowly merch guy

[Diego.]

Brujerismo consequences.. lol

[hanselrocks1]

RUIN717 wrote:

great to hear everyone made it out alive =) we've lost enough metal musicians to buses...

poor Cliff, i know i wouldnt want to be smashed by a bus

[Thr3Elevenstyle]

Kämpfer wrote:

Thr3Elevenstyle wrote:

oh no! now when will i be able to watch people eat maggots and cow dicks?

and what will become of joe rogan?

wait.. we are talking about the tv show right? no?

oh.. never heard of the band.

That is Fear Factor. Not Fear Factory.

ahoy captain obvious.

[thommoboy]

my friend played a dio song and dio died then he played a slipknot song and paul gray died everyone is begging him not to play any more good songs